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Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette

Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), Antwerp, January-February 1886 oil on canvas, 32.3 cm x 24.8 cm Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) This skeleton with a lit cigarette in its mouth is a juvenile joke. Van Gogh painted it in early 1886, while studying at the art academy […]

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 The Red Vineyards, Vincent Van Gogh

 The Red Vineyards, Vincent Van Gogh The Red Vineyards near Arles is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, executed on a privately primed Toile de 30 piece of burlap in early November 1888. It supposedly is the only piece sold by the artist while he was alive.

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The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Vincent Van Gogh

The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), Arles, June 1888 oil on canvas, 50.5 cm x 64.3 cm Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) We can tell that Van Gogh painted this view of the sea from the beach, as grains of […]

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THE JEWEL THAT IS SYMI (GREEK ISLAND) An Original Oil Painting by Alex ZWARENSTEIN, 2015

    “THE JEWEL THAT IS SYMI” is an original oil painting on canvas by Alex ZWARENSTEIN. The magnificent work of art is hand signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner and comes with a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity. The piece is custom framed using acid free materials and is ready to […]

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‘We have nothing to do with the idea of artists as solitary beings’

  In the mid-1960s, the American ceramicist Paul Soldner had an idea: to renovate a number of old Colorado farm buildings and create an arts retreat in the spectacular village of Snowmass, in a Rocky Mountains valley. Teaming up with local property developers — who were keen to add a cultural offering to an area […]

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1597 Antique Art Medusa Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio – The Head of Medusa 1597

  Caravaggio (1571-1610) painted two versions of the Head of Medusa. The first in 1596 and the other presumably in 1597/8. The first version also known as Murtula, due to the poet who wrote about it (48×55 cm) is signed Michel A F, (Michel Angelo Fecit) and was found on the painter’s studio only after […]

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